Future Forward

Today: The web fights back on Fake News - but can it be stopped or even slowed down? We'll take you to MisInfoCon - the front lines on the battle to fight back. Then - The future Sex, what has online porn meant to a new generation? And The Me Too Movement and tech - […]

Today: The web fights back on Fake News - but can it be stopped or even slowed down? We'll take you to MisInfoCon - the front lines on the battle to fight back. Then - The future Sex, what has online porn meant to a new generation? And The Me Too Movement and tech - women make a stand. This is Future Forward, I’m Steve Rosenbaum and I’m Gene DeRose - Let’s Launch.

This week, both Facebook and YouTube gave hate monger Alex Jones a 30 day time out. But what if it hardly matters? We’ll look at the growing dominance of right-wing conservative voices in web media. What if the deck is stacked - and social media has been already weaponized. This week on Future Forward, the […]

This week, both Facebook and YouTube gave hate monger Alex Jones a 30 day time out. But what if it hardly matters? We’ll look at the growing dominance of right-wing conservative voices in web media. What if the deck is stacked - and social media has been already weaponized. This week on Future Forward, the Future of Democracy. I’m Gene DeRose And I’m Steven Rosenbaum - this is Future Forward, let’s launch Why Is Web Video Dominated by Conservative Voices? Inside the Right-Wing YouTube Empire That’s Quietly Turning Millennials Into Conservatives https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2018/03/inside-right-wing-youtube-turning-millennials-conservative-prageru-video-dennis-prager/ Why the Right Is Dominating YouTube And why the left needs to own the future of online video. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/3dy7vb/why-the-right-is-dominating-youtube James Damore, Google, and the YouTube radicalization of angry white men https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2017/aug/13/james-damore-google-memo-youtube-white-men-radicalization Media Matters: Under Facebook’s new algorithm, conservative meme pages are outperforming all political news pages https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/07/24/under-facebook-s-new-algorithm-conservative-meme-pages-are-outperforming-all-political-news-pages/220768 ALEX JONES KEEPS ON STREAMING DESPITE YOUTUBE'S LIVE BAN http://adage.com/article/digital/alex-jones-streaming-youtube-s-live-ban/314393/?utm_source=mediaworks&utm_medium=newsletter&utm_campaign=adage&ttl=1533244619&utm_visit=262078 But in text, it’s a different story Twitter Responds to Shadow Banning Outcry: ‘We Have a Lot More Work to Do to Earn People’s Trust’ https://www.thewrap.com/twitter-responds-to-shadowbanning-scandal-we-have-a-lot-more-work-to-do-to-earn-peoples-trust/ And social too: Under Facebook’s new algorithm, conservative meme pages are outperforming all political news pages https://www.mediamatters.org/blog/2018/07/24/under-facebook-s-new-algorithm-conservative-meme-pages-are-outperforming-all-political-news-pages/220768 But - all is not lost. The Future of Media: Visualizing the Future of Media and Entertainment http://www.visualcapitalist.com/visualizing-future-media-entertainment/ Roku:The King Of TV? https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/322590/the-king-of-tv.html Block chain? CIVIL and the future of media? https://marginalrevolution.com/marginalrevolution/2018/07/civil-future-media.html

Future of Food - Delicious or Scary? FuFWD #0037 So, let me ask.. are you hungry? This week on FutureForward… we explore the Future of Food. It’s kind of delicious, and a bit scary. Then Reddit responds as users flee. And Facebook get’s caught in a self-inflicted free speech wound. I’m Steven Rosenbaum. And I’m Gene DeRose - and this is FutureForward. SR: So, let’s launch! Loving / Hating: Hating: Articles w/o Dates / Date-Stamping Reddit Responds To Users https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/18/reddit-chat-rooms/ Facebooks Free Speech / Hate Speech Challenge Dems and GOP unite, slamming Facebook for allowing violent Pages https://techcrunch.com/2018/07/17/facebook-strikes-policy/ Facebook Shouldn't Censor Offensive Speech https://www.aclu.org/blog/free-speech/internet-speech/facebook-shouldnt-censor-offensive-speech FUTURE OF FOOD The Future of Food Disrupting the future of food at IFT18 https://www.foodbusinessnews.net/articles/12181-disrupting-the-future-of-food-at-ift18 CRISPR CAN SPEED UP NATURE—AND CHANGE HOW WE GROW FOOD https://www.wired.com/story/crispr-tomato-mutant-future-of-food/ The future of food, served up right here in augmented reality https://www.economist.com/the-world-if/2018/07/07/the-future-of-food-served-up-right-here-in-augmented-reality A global food crisis may be less than a decade away

Future of Food - Delicious or Scary? FuFWD #0037 So, let me ask.. are you hungry? This week on FutureForward… we explore the Future of Food. It’s kind of delicious, and a bit scary. Then Reddit responds as users flee. And Facebook get’s caught in a self-inflicted free speech wound. I’m Steven Rosenbaum. And I’m […]

This week. The end of a love story. My 11-year affair with AT&T is over. Then the Kylie Jenner rocket ship, and what it means for the future of commerce And the summer of the VC. We’ll explore deals that matter I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum - and this is Future Forward. FuFWD Rundown: • AT&T vs. DOJ Why I Fired AT&T https://www.mediapost.com/publications/article/321887/why-i-fired-att.html Justice Department appeals Time Warner-AT&T merger approval https://www.cnbc.com/2018/07/12/justice-department-will-appeal-time-warner-att-merger-approval-dow-j.html • Kylie Jenner: • How 20-Year-Old Kylie Jenner Built A $900 Million Fortune In Less Than 3 Years • https://www.forbes.com/sites/forbesdigitalcovers/2018/07/11/how-20-year-old-kylie-jenner-built-a-900-million-fortune-in-less-than-3-years/ Venture Capital Deals Of Interest - MediaMath, a New York-based operating system for marketers and ad agencies, raised $225 million from Searchlight Capital Partners. It previously raised over $100 million from Spring Lake Equity Partners, Akamai, Safeguard Scientifics, Catalyst Investors and Observatory Capital. http://axios.link/5SFQ - Greenhouse, a New York-based recruiting platform, raised $50 million from Riverwood Capital. http://axios.link/ZL12 - Cosential, an Austin, Texas-based provider of CRM and proposal automation software for construction and architecture, raised $34 million in new funding from JMI Equity. www.cosential.com - Lumiata, a healthcare-focused predictive analytics startup based in San Mateo, raised $11 million in funding. Khosla Ventures and BlueCross BlueShield Venture Partners co-led, and were joined by Sandbox Industries and Intel Capital. http://axios.link/FQlr - Octi, a Los Angeles-based VR platform focused on human movements, raised $7.5 million in seed funding from backers like Shasta Ventures, I2BF Ventures, Bold Capital Partners, Day One Ventures, Human Ventures Live Nation and AB InBev. http://axios.link/IBXW - Spring Health, a New York-based mental wellness platform for businesses and employees, raised $6 million in seed funding. ReThink Impact led, and was joined by Work-Bench, BBG Ventures, The Partnership Fund for NYC, RRE Ventures and the William K. Warren Foundation. http://axios.link/xFpm

This week. The end of a love story. My 11-year affair with AT&T is over. Then the Kylie Jenner rocket ship, and what it means for the future of commerce And the summer of the VC. We’ll explore deals that matter I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum - and this is Future Forward. FuFWD […]

Summer means it’s time for the Allen & Company Conference in Sun Valley. We didn’t get an invite - so we decided to host our own, virtually! So, here’s the Future Forward Summer Retreat (Virtual), with a star-studded guest list, and some pretty provocative one on one conversations. First, the guests: Tim Armstrong - Oath Mark Zuckerberg - Facebook Tim Cook - Apple Sundar Pichai / google Satya Nadella / Microsoft Reed Hastings / Netflix Kevin York Systrom - Instagram Shantanu Narayen, CEO Adobe Randall Stephenson, CEO, AT&T Meg Whitman - New TV Jack Dorsey - Square and Twitter Evan Spiegel - Snap Jeff Bezos - Amazon Elon Musk - Tesla Ben Silberman - Pinterest Hans Vestberg, CEO Verizon Mark Thompson, CEO The NY Times Rupert Murdoch, CEO Fox Bob Iger, Disney Now, the encounters: - Tim Cook has coffee with Jack Dorsey - Mark Zuckerberg has a drink with Mark Thompson - Tim Armstrong plays tennis with Jeff Bezos - Rupert Murdoch and Bob Iger talk about Disney and Fox. - Hans Vestberg Randall Stephenson - Elon Musk and Reed Hastings

Summer means it’s time for the Allen & Company Conference in Sun Valley. We didn’t get an invite - so we decided to host our own, virtually! So, here’s the Future Forward Summer Retreat (Virtual), with a star-studded guest list, and some pretty provocative one on one conversations. First, the guests: Tim Armstrong - Oath […]

It’s Summertime! Can the web help you land a spot on the beach? We’ll take a dip in the water. Then, what happened to Go90? The hundreds of millions down the drain and you’ve never heard of it. And finally - can the siren song of Hollywood lure tech? You Betcha! I’m Gene DeRose - and I’m Steve Rosenbaum - and this is Future Forward - let’s launch!

It’s Summertime! Can the web help you land a spot on the beach? We’ll take a dip in the water. Then, what happened to Go90? The hundreds of millions down the drain and you’ve never heard of it. And finally - can the siren song of Hollywood lure tech? You Betcha! I’m Gene DeRose - […]

This week - what happened to FREE? Apps, plugins, music? Is Free Dead On The Web? We’ll investigate.Then - The Melania Jacket Incident - what it tells us about the state of social media and Calculated ChaosAnd Instagram is now taking on YouTube - and released a worthy adversary. It’s a frothy week on Future Forward. I’m Gene DeRose and I’m Steven Rosenbaum - let’s Launch! Future Forward rundown: Is The Era Of Free Dead? What the “Melania Jacket” image tells us about how Calculated Chaos works. Instagram Video (IGTV) Game Changer? ### Is The Era Of Free Dead? WILL PROGRESSIVE WEB APPS MEAN THE END OF THE APP STORE? https://velocitize.com/2018/02/27/will-progressive-web-apps-be-the-end-of-the-app-store/ Apple’s ‘Free App of the Week’ is gone in iOS 11 https://www.cultofmac.com/507481/apples-free-app-week-promo-gone-ios-11/ The End of Owning Music: How CDs and Downloads Died https://www.rollingstone.com/music/news/owning-music-buying-vinyl-cds-downloads-streaming-w521504 What the “Melania Jacket” image tells us about how Calculated Chaos works. Melania Trump's 'don't care' jacket isn't the first time her wardrobe has become the story http://www.latimes.com/fashion/la-ig-melania-trump-style-statements-20180622-story.html Melania Trump Wore a Jacket Saying ‘I Really Don’t Care’ on Her Way to Texas Shelters https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/21/us/politics/melania-trump-jacket.html First Family fashion scandals https://www.axios.com/first-family-fashion-scandals-obama-trump-melania-hillary-clinton-be760e65-f2b7-4f3c-8b67-65d52d93ebb6.html Instagram Video (IGTV) Game Changer? Welcome to IGTV https://instagram-press.com/blog/2018/06/20/welcome-to-igtv/ The Future is Vertical https://www.wired.com/2018/06/gadget-lab-podcast-364/ Who Can Post Videos On IGTV? These Instagram Users Can Get In On The Fun https://www.elitedaily.com/p/who-can-post-videos-on-igtv-these-instagram-users-can-get-in-on-the-fun-9554826

This week - what happened to FREE? Apps, plugins, music? Is Free Dead On The Web? We’ll investigate.Then - The Melania Jacket Incident - what it tells us about the state of social media and Calculated ChaosAnd Instagram is now taking on YouTube - and released a worthy adversary. It’s a frothy week on Future […]

Space. The Final Frontier. So why are so many Billionaires trying to get there? This week - the Space Edition of Future Forward. We’ll look at some of our favorite explorer's Musk, Bezos, Branson, and Allen. Who’s winning the space race? And whatever happened to NASA? Yup. We’ve privatized space. So, ready to blast off? Let’s Launch! 4 Billionaires Trying to Make Space Travel a Reality https://www.thestreet.com/lifestyle/billionaires-making-space-travel-reality-14597945 MUSK: Elon Musk and the Failure of Our Imagination in Space https://www.newyorker.com/books/under-review/elon-musk-and-the-failure-of-our-imagination-in-space This Startup Got $40 Million to Build a Space Catapult https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-06-14/this-startup-got-40-million-to-build-a-space-catapult Oxford Space Systems raises $8.9 million for spacecraft component business http://spacenews.com/oxford-space-systems-raises-8-9-million-for-spacecraft-component-business/ SpaceX simplified: A quick guide to Elon Musk's space company https://www.cnet.com/news/spacex-guide-to-elon-musk-space-company/ SpaceX is giving Wall Street a reason to bet on Tesla https://qz.com/1299212/spacex-is-giving-wall-street-a-reason-to-bet-on-tesla/ BEZOS: Jeff Bezos teased plans to give away some of his $140 billion in wealth https://www.cnbc.com/2018/06/14/amazon-jeff-bezos-teased-plans-to-give-away-some-of-his-140-billion.html For Jeff Bezos, Space Is the Place https://newrepublic.com/article/148641/jeff-bezos-space-place Who's First to Mars: Musk, Bezos or Boeing? https://www.thestreet.com/technology/first-to-mars-musk-bezos-or-boeing--14609868 BRANSON: Richard Branson Is Training to Beat Jeff Bezos Into Space. It Involves a Lot of Tennis http://fortune.com/2018/05/28/richard-branson-jeff-bezos-commercial-space-travel-virgin-galactic-blue-origin/ Richard Branson says Virgin Galactic is '2 or 3' flights away from taking people to space https://www.cnbc.com/2018/05/29/richard-branson-virgin-galactic-is-2-or-3-flights-away-from-space.html Paul ALLEN: Billionaire Paul Allen's Stratolaunch preps for first flight this summer https://www.bizjournals.com/seattle/news/2018/05/17/billionaire-paul-allen-stratolaunch-first-flight.html Why is Paul Allen building the world’s largest airplane? Perhaps to launch a space shuttle called ‘Black Ice.’ https://www.mercurynews.com/2018/03/06/why-is-paul-allen-building-the-worlds-largest-airplane-perhaps-to-launch-a-space-shuttle-called-black-ice/ It would be the world’s largest airplane. It’s being built by a billionaire. And it’s getting ready to fly. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-switch/wp/2018/04/16/it-would-be-the-worlds-largest-airplane-its-being-built-by-a-billionaire-and-its-getting-ready-to-fly/?utm_term=.c05e992cb138 WHAT ABOUT NASA? NASA’s Opportunity rover is fighting for its life in a Martian dust storm https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/speaking-of-science/wp/2018/06/14/nasas-opportunity-rover-is-fighting-for-its-life-in-a-martian-dust-storm/?utm_term=.16236f6da1cd Asteroids and Adversaries: Challenging What NASA Knows About Space Rocks https://www.nytimes.com/2018/06/14/science/asteroids-nasa-nathan-myhrvold.html